Pulmonary venous return anomaly: Introduction

Pulmonary venous return anomaly: A rare disorder where one or more of the four veins that carry oxygenated blood from the lungs drain to the right atrium of the heart instead of the left atrium. Symptom severity is determined by the number of veins involved and the exact location of the heart that the veins drain into.
More detailed information about the symptoms,
causes, and treatments of Pulmonary venous return anomaly is available below.

Misdiagnosis and Pulmonary venous return anomaly

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Definitions of Pulmonary venous return anomaly:

Pulmonary venous return anomaly is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Pulmonary venous return anomaly, or a subtype of Pulmonary venous return anomaly,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Ophanet, a consortium of European partners,
currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000.
They list Pulmonary venous return anomaly as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet

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